One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
Discussion
LetsTryAgain said:
jagnet said:
Disagree. The country is becoming so sanitised from risk and danger that a man sitting on a concrete ledge is now newsworthy stuff? Good for him imho.
Agree there.Nothing wrong with that
He's not even close to the hole.
I wouldn't consider that at all risky for any able-bodied, adult human.
Monkeylegend said:
LetsTryAgain said:
jagnet said:
Disagree. The country is becoming so sanitised from risk and danger that a man sitting on a concrete ledge is now newsworthy stuff? Good for him imho.
Agree there.Nothing wrong with that
He's not even close to the hole.
I wouldn't consider that at all risky for any able-bodied, adult human.
jagnet said:
Countdown said:
Disagree. The country is becoming so sanitised from risk and danger that a man sitting on a concrete ledge is now newsworthy stuff? Good for him imho. My understanding is that there's a grill at the bottom of the plughole which would stop people like him falling through. However, if he HAD slipped, no doubt the emergency services would have felt duty-bound to get him out. So, all in all, a dickish thing to do primarily for self publicity.
As far as I can see the only self promotion was posting the photo on Facebook, so that's about 2 billion people that could be accused of doing the same on a daily basis.
It's somewhat reassuring to know that only the BBC felt that "man sits on ledge" was newsworthy. Even the Daily Mail refused to waste time on the "story", unless they're still waiting on his house valuation to come in.
Yes, he could have fallen and yes that would involve emergency services, but then the same could be said every time we get in our cars with the potential risk of having a nasty crash. Presumably any retrieval effort would involve more rope and rigging than a 16th century tall ship so hardly risking life and limb to do so. Alternatively there's always the harpoon and winch method
It's somewhat reassuring to know that only the BBC felt that "man sits on ledge" was newsworthy. Even the Daily Mail refused to waste time on the "story", unless they're still waiting on his house valuation to come in.
Yes, he could have fallen and yes that would involve emergency services, but then the same could be said every time we get in our cars with the potential risk of having a nasty crash. Presumably any retrieval effort would involve more rope and rigging than a 16th century tall ship so hardly risking life and limb to do so. Alternatively there's always the harpoon and winch method
LetsTryAgain said:
Agree there.
Nothing wrong with that
He's not even close to the hole.
I wouldn't consider that at all risky for any able-bodied, adult human.
It's stupid because it encourages bell ends to follow suit. It's not about being risk adverse it's about common sense. Had he fallen in, his own life maybe, but then the rescuers are put at risk. Nothing wrong with that
He's not even close to the hole.
I wouldn't consider that at all risky for any able-bodied, adult human.
Hes ginger and bald
George Smiley said:
LetsTryAgain said:
Agree there.
Nothing wrong with that
He's not even close to the hole.
I wouldn't consider that at all risky for any able-bodied, adult human.
It's stupid because it encourages bell ends to follow suit. It's not about being risk adverse it's about common sense. Had he fallen in, his own life maybe, but then the rescuers are put at risk. Nothing wrong with that
He's not even close to the hole.
I wouldn't consider that at all risky for any able-bodied, adult human.
Hes ginger and bald
There's one reason and one reason only why he's been vilified for this, his face doesn't fit.
In fact if you Google it, a lot of people have done exactly what this guy did over the last 10 years, many in the last 2 years, yet none of those have been vilified for it................ Makes you wonder why it suddenly matters.
Edited by lyonspride on Sunday 10th November 10:58
lyonspride said:
This argument doesn't work when you consider how it's apparently ok to go and explore stuff like this and/or even more dangerous, as long as your a posh white kid, and had that been the case, his adventure would have been picked up by the media and shown in a positive light. Especially if he'd used the environment and global warming as an excuse................
There's one reason and one reason only why he's been vilified for this, his face doesn't fit.
It would have fitted perfectly at the bottom of that drainhole There's one reason and one reason only why he's been vilified for this, his face doesn't fit.
Edited by lyonspride on Sunday 10th November 09:51
white, middle aged male, from the north and working class. May have voted for Brexit. lyonspride said:
This argument doesn't work when you consider how it's apparently ok to go and explore stuff like this and/or even more dangerous, as long as your a posh white kid, and had that been the case, his adventure would have been picked up by the media and shown in a positive light. Especially if he'd used the environment and global warming as an excuse................
There's one reason and one reason only why he's been vilified for this, his face doesn't fit.
In fact if you Google it, a lot of people have done exactly what this guy did over the last 10 years, many in the last 2 years, yet none of those have been vilified for it................ Makes you wonder why it suddenly matters.
Ask yourself where this hole is then ask yourself why it might be of a current interest. There's one reason and one reason only why he's been vilified for this, his face doesn't fit.
In fact if you Google it, a lot of people have done exactly what this guy did over the last 10 years, many in the last 2 years, yet none of those have been vilified for it................ Makes you wonder why it suddenly matters.
Edited by lyonspride on Sunday 10th November 10:58
fatboy18 said:
The t
ts that are having their November the 5th party tonight (in the rain).
Being a Dog owner I now have a 47 kilo Rescue Mastiff stting himself 
How dare you question the right of a minority of imbeciles to misuse explosives in their own gardens! Are you the fun police? Apparently those of us who don't rejoice at these random outbursts of inconsiderate noise and the resultant airborne litter are "triggered snowflakes" or some other sts that are having their November the 5th party tonight (in the rain).Being a Dog owner I now have a 47 kilo Rescue Mastiff s
tting himself t. I was told as much by an egotistical onanist right here on PistonHeads when I suggested that fireworks ought to be restricted to professional displays on a limited number of days per year so that those of us (and the pets/livestock) that don't much enjoy them can predict when they'll occur and amend our schedules to best avoid them.Then some tit in Manchester goes and sets them off to disrupt a Remembrance Day service, and pretty much proves the case for a ban on selling them to members of the public without some kind of licensing or control, coupled with reports of "fireworks attack burned down my house" and cruel sub-human filth tying fireworks to animals and setting them off. The world would be a better place without widespread access to some pathetic whizz-bangs...
Countdown said:
jagnet said:
Countdown said:
Disagree. The country is becoming so sanitised from risk and danger that a man sitting on a concrete ledge is now newsworthy stuff? Good for him imho. My understanding is that there's a grill at the bottom of the plughole which would stop people like him falling through. However, if he HAD slipped, no doubt the emergency services would have felt duty-bound to get him out. So, all in all, a dickish thing to do primarily for self publicity.
Whoop-de-f
king-do. 
...meanwhile, elsewhere on this very forum we call 'PistonHeads', people are rabidly defending their right to randomly piss about with dangerous explosive devices. Yup. Those dangerous explosive devices they like to believe are harmless, yet cost many many people sleepless nights, burns, lost digits and ruined eyesight on an annual basis.
PistonHeads. Hypocrisy matters!
fatboy18 said:
Seriously? What kind of tool lets off Fireworks at a Remembrance service?
I Know the IRA Let off a Bomb at one several years back.
But fk me ,it takes a special tool to even think of doing that
My guess? Substance misuse and/or mental health issues. Speculation that he was a squatter living in a closed-down pub...I Know the IRA Let off a Bomb at one several years back.
But f
k me ,it takes a special tool to even think of doing that https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-5...
Is that less bad, as bad, or worse than throwing fireworks at the house of a wheelchair user and his Downs Syndrome brother, though?
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/hous...
Both incidents made easier by our relative lack of regulation on the sale of fireworks to
kwit can buy unstable explosives, the better.yellowjack said:
fatboy18 said:
Seriously? What kind of tool lets off Fireworks at a Remembrance service?
I Know the IRA Let off a Bomb at one several years back.
But fk me ,it takes a special tool to even think of doing that
My guess? Substance misuse and/or mental health issues. Speculation that he was a squatter living in a closed-down pub...I Know the IRA Let off a Bomb at one several years back.
But f
k me ,it takes a special tool to even think of doing that https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-5...
Is that less bad, as bad, or worse than throwing fireworks at the house of a wheelchair user and his Downs Syndrome brother, though?
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/hous...
Both incidents made easier by our relative lack of regulation on the sale of fireworks to
kwit can buy unstable explosives, the better.So a Public Order wist slap then. Funny how those graffiti artists who painted a poppy on a mosque are still in prison for it.
Talk about double standards eh?
Deliberate Daily Fail trolling there. Obviously there was no religious motive behind the Manchester incident.
Anyone who lives or works around Crawley at the moment will be aware of the roadworks going on at Pease Pottage roundabout, which is causing a lot of extra queues of traffic for people.
As well as the endless debates of "lane hoggers vs queue jumpers" - On the Brighton Road approach, people have taken to driving over the grass strip in the middle to do a u-turn and avoid the queue, much to the chagrin of the many, as it is both a) not the right thing to do and b) puts you out into the fast lane of traffic coming down the hill that's just escaped the roundabout from their own queue.
WIth the recent wet weather the central reservation is now more of a small quagmire. On one afternoon last week, a Tesco delivery van got stuck crossing it and couldn't move for over 4 hours until someone rescued him.
This morning though, I've just seen a person stuck there in a Discovery 5. The owner has sat there for so long spinning their wheels that the police have now turned up and I hope will give them a ticket.
All they needed to do was select "mud" on their Terrain Response (or whatever LR call it) and they'd have been away in seconds. But no, they've got no idea how to use their car, and I hope now, they'll get a ticket for their stupidity.
As well as the endless debates of "lane hoggers vs queue jumpers" - On the Brighton Road approach, people have taken to driving over the grass strip in the middle to do a u-turn and avoid the queue, much to the chagrin of the many, as it is both a) not the right thing to do and b) puts you out into the fast lane of traffic coming down the hill that's just escaped the roundabout from their own queue.
WIth the recent wet weather the central reservation is now more of a small quagmire. On one afternoon last week, a Tesco delivery van got stuck crossing it and couldn't move for over 4 hours until someone rescued him.
This morning though, I've just seen a person stuck there in a Discovery 5. The owner has sat there for so long spinning their wheels that the police have now turned up and I hope will give them a ticket.
All they needed to do was select "mud" on their Terrain Response (or whatever LR call it) and they'd have been away in seconds. But no, they've got no idea how to use their car, and I hope now, they'll get a ticket for their stupidity.
Got to chuck my own hat in the ring here.
Car was delivered back from a service last week, I always keep the lights on the auto setting and didn't give it a second thought. Left Wood Green at 5:30 on Saturday, dark and hammering with rain. Drove up the A10, around the North Circular and up the M11 in horrendous traffic. Wasn't until I was on the A127 almost home that I realised I only had front DLR's on, an hour and 45 minutes after I set out.
Knob.
Car was delivered back from a service last week, I always keep the lights on the auto setting and didn't give it a second thought. Left Wood Green at 5:30 on Saturday, dark and hammering with rain. Drove up the A10, around the North Circular and up the M11 in horrendous traffic. Wasn't until I was on the A127 almost home that I realised I only had front DLR's on, an hour and 45 minutes after I set out.
Knob.
br d said:
Got to chuck my own hat in the ring here.
Car was delivered back from a service last week, I always keep the lights on the auto setting and didn't give it a second thought. Left Wood Green at 5:30 on Saturday, dark and hammering with rain. Drove up the A10, around the North Circular and up the M11 in horrendous traffic. Wasn't until I was on the A127 almost home that I realised I only had front DLR's on, an hour and 45 minutes after I set out.
Knob.
in your defence (and then i guess by proxy the defence of called out nobs guilty of similar offences in this thread), modern cars make it a lot harder to distinguish when you have you have only DRLs on versus sidelights, versus dipped beams. Automatic lights, fairly bright DRLs, intelligent illuminated instruments, lack of consistency across marques, and so on... (although obviously the clarity would only exist as a reminder and it's the responsibility of the driver bla bla). Car was delivered back from a service last week, I always keep the lights on the auto setting and didn't give it a second thought. Left Wood Green at 5:30 on Saturday, dark and hammering with rain. Drove up the A10, around the North Circular and up the M11 in horrendous traffic. Wasn't until I was on the A127 almost home that I realised I only had front DLR's on, an hour and 45 minutes after I set out.
Knob.
I tend to take the stance of - if automatic then set to auto and let the car deal with it, unless driving in very heavy rain or fog.
br d said:
Got to chuck my own hat in the ring here.
Car was delivered back from a service last week, I always keep the lights on the auto setting and didn't give it a second thought. Left Wood Green at 5:30 on Saturday, dark and hammering with rain. Drove up the A10, around the North Circular and up the M11 in horrendous traffic. Wasn't until I was on the A127 almost home that I realised I only had front DLR's on, an hour and 45 minutes after I set out.
Knob.
And no other driver flashed you, even as a polite reminder?.Car was delivered back from a service last week, I always keep the lights on the auto setting and didn't give it a second thought. Left Wood Green at 5:30 on Saturday, dark and hammering with rain. Drove up the A10, around the North Circular and up the M11 in horrendous traffic. Wasn't until I was on the A127 almost home that I realised I only had front DLR's on, an hour and 45 minutes after I set out.
Knob.
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